Dr. Beltz is a Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) with clinical experience in the collegiate and high school settings. Additionally, she holds certifications in strength and conditioning (NSCA CSCS), corrective exercise (NASM CES), and health and wellness coaching (NBC-HWC).
Dr. Beltz began her career as a bench scientist, conducting research related to the cell cycle and renal physiology, but as a former collegiate athlete, she missed the world of athletics and exercise and subsequently shifted her focus to sports medicine and exercise science. She loves helping students explore the relationship physical activity and health, using her diverse experiences to provide context for challenging course content, making it more approachable and relatable for students. Dr. Beltz is passionate about approaching health and physical activity from a public health perspective, with many classes examining health and physical activity from individual, community, and societal lenses.
Dr. Beltz’s current research interests result from her work as a Certified Athletic Trainer, focusing on identifying improved methods for the prevention and management of sport-related injury. She loves collaborating with collegiate, high school, and community sports programs for her research, working directly with coaches, athletic trainers, and athletes to implement evidence-based methods to prevent and manage sport-related injury.
- Ph.D., Kinesiology-Exercise Science, University of Connecticut
- Certificate, Foundations of Public Health, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
- Certificate, College Instruction, University of Connecticut
- M.S., Athletic Training, Plymouth State University
- B.A., Biology, Colby College
- Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC), Board of Certification
- Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), National Strength and Conditioning Association
- Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES), National Academy of Sports Medicine
- Certified Health & Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC), National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching
- Sports Medicine
- Athletic Training
- Injury Prevention
- Concussion
- Medical Documentation
- Physical Activity in Health & Disease
- Physiology of Exercise
- Strength and Conditioning
- Introduction to Athletic Medicine
- Kinesiology
- Psychology of Sport and Exercise
- Foundations of Research
- Introduction to Wellness Coaching
- Root HJ, Beltz EM, Burland JP, Martinez JC, Bay RC, DiStefano LJ. Influence of preventive training program feedback complexity on movement control and performance in youth athletes. Journal of Athletic Training. 2023; 57 (9-10): 894-901
- Scarneo-Miller SE, Sorge JE, Beltz EM, Martinez JC, Root HJ, Burland JP, Trojian TH, DiStefano LJ. The relationship between single-limb squat and jump-cut kinematics. Sports Biomechanics. 2019; published online.
- Root HJ, Valovich McLeod TC, Beltz EM, Burland JP, DiStefano LJ. The Relationship between Measures of Physical Literacy and Balance in Youth Sports Participants. Athletic Training and Sports Health Care. 2018; 10(6): 270-276.
- DiStefano LJ, Beltz EM, Root HJ, Martinez JC, Houghton A, Taranto N, McConnell E, Pearce K, Muscat C, Boyle S, Trojian TH. Sport-Sampling Improves Neuromuscular Control in Youth Athletes. Sports Health. 2018; 10(2): 160-168.
- Swartz EE, Mihalik JP, Beltz NM, Day MA, Decoster LC. Facemask Removal is Safer than Helmet Removal for Emergent Airway Access in American Football. The Spine Journal. 2014; 14(6):996-1004
- Roy SH, Tobin DV, Memar N, Beltz E, Holmen J, Clayton JE, Chiu DJ, Young LD, Green TH, Lubin I, Liu Y, Conradt B, Saito RM. A Complex Regulatory Network Coordinating Cell Cycles During C. elegans Development is Revealed by a Genome-Wide RNAi Screen. G3 (Bethesda). 2014; 4(5): 795-804
- Roy S, Clayton J, Holmen J, Beltz E, Saito RM. Control of Cdc14 activity coordinates cell cycle and development in Caenorhabditis elegans. Mechanisms of Development. 2011; 128 :317-26
